The film All Against All by Luuk Bouwman, questioning whether fascism was a one-off historical phenomenon on the example of pre-war fascism in The Netherlands, and the panel Genesis of Evil focusing on the issues of fascism and racism the entire world is facing closed the 14th Festival of Tolerance...
The intriguing, disclosing and at many festivals screened and award-winning film Incitement directed by Yaron Zilberman will not have its Croatian premiere at the open-air edition of the 14th Festival of Tolerance.
Great atmosphere, famous guests, amazing music, a film dedicated to Branko Lustig, with special attention paid to safety – the 14th Festival of Tolerance opens at Zagreb’s Bundek lake as the first film festival post-lockdown.
Waving, not handshaking and masks on faces!
Festival of Tolerance from 18 June to 4 July at Zagreb’s Bundek Lake!
Who are refugees? What are they running away from? How to they run away? What awaits them when they arrive? Why help them?
Film digest of the prjects FOT & UNHCR Croatia recommended so far.
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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 14th edition of the Festival of Tolerance is postponed.
JFF Zagreb informs the public about the postponement of the public gatherings programs those were planned in the coming period.
A screening of Schindlers's List and a short movie "From Auschwitz to the Stage" took place today at noon at the Palace of Nations in Geneva in memory of Branko Lustig.
Branko Lustig, the most famous Croatian film producer and winner of two Oscars for the films "Schindler's List" in 1993 and "Gladiator" in 2000, passed away on November 13, 2019 in Zagreb.
Discussion on EU future was held after the screening of the film Feminister.
The issue of refugees and migrants was discussed at the Film & Discussion: EU program organized by the Festival of Tolerance
Festival of Tolerance continues it's concept of film projections and discussions about actualities outside the festival format. After the screening of film Midnight Traveler follows the discussion on topics of refugees and migrants.
Refugees see themselves multiplied by four in an imaginative open-air photo exhibition in the heart of Zagreb
By the end of this year, the organization Ars Septima will announce a screenwriting contest for young and unknown screenwriters. The winning screenplay will be announced at the 14th Festival of Tolerance in April of 2020.
Over seven days and in three different venues, the Festival showed almost 80 films and organized numerous educational and entertaining programs. Despite the issue of having to move a part of the program to a new venue, everything went according to plan.
The festival hit Ex-shaman (shown at 7 pm), which won awards at the Berlin Film Festival and Chicago Film Festival, follows the once isolated Amazon tribe Paiter Surui that has been facing assaults of the modern era ever since 1969, when it made first contact with the white man.
The award-winning film Erased will be presented by the film's stars and crew. The program also includes three excellent children's films and two exceptional documentaries.
Bobo Jelčić’s Master Class was held at the SC Cinema during which the director talked about the creative process during the making of his award-winning film titled A Stranger.
The last day of the 13th Festival of Tolerance, Saturday, April the 13th, brings three eye-catching children’s films from the Festival’s new program Small Steps.
Day before the last day of the Festival after the projection of the film M, at 4 pm in Kinoteka cinema, there will be a discussion Childhood Stealers, about child abuse done by church officials.
The Round Table Discussion on Jasenovac once again drew attention to the truth about the horrific crimes committed in the Ustaša camp.
The screening is scheduled for 7 pm in cinema Kinoteka.
As part of the film programme Reality Bites, there is an intriguing documentary Hamada directed by Eloy Dominguez Serena who will attend the projection in Kinoteka cinema at 9 pm, after which he will be answering questions from the audience.
On the occasion of the publication of Jasenovac, the round table discussion will be organised with the participation of professor Ivo Goldstein, PhD., Goran Hutinec, PhD., Nataša Mataušić and Lordan Zafranović.
Tolerance Talk will engage in taboo theme of female pleasure. The discussion He's a Stud, she' a slut will follow after the projection of the great documentary #Female pleasure, starting at 6 pm at Kinoteka cinema.
The audience particularly enjoyed the American comedy To Dust, which received the Tribeca Film Festival audience award, and the global festival circuit hit Diamantino, a sort of comedy with elements of a queer SF thriller.
EDUCATIONAL MORNING scheduled for today (Thursday, April 11) at 11 am will be held at Student Centre Cinema instead of Tuškanac Cinema. Experts from the Polish Museum Majdanek will present this institution that is at same time the first museum of torutre and the oldest memorial to the victims of...
American comedy awarded by the audience award at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival screens today at cinema SC at 7 pm.
Tonight at 9 pm in Student Centre Cinema we will have the opportunity to enjoy in Croatian premiere of one of the biggest surprises of last year's selection of Cannes - the Portuguese-French comedy Diamantino
Participants of the discussion are former President of the Republic of Croatia Ivo Josipović, historians Tvrtko Jakovina and Goran Hutinec, and attorney Čedo Prodanović.
Students of elementary and secondary schools were struck by the testimony of Holocaust survivor Vesna Domani Hardy.
The program for Wednesday is bursting with attractive titles, including the Prosecuting Evil, a new documentary by Barry Avrich on Ben Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from Nürnberg, who sticks to his motto "law, not war," his entire life.
The film is scheduled for 4 pm in Kinoteka Cinema as a part of the American Corner programme.
After the screening of the film Reconstructing Utøya there will be a discussion on the question of facing the trauma.
Murer - Anatomy of a Trial is on the programme of the Festival of Tolerance today, at 7 PM at cinema Student Centre. Director Christian Frosch will personally present the film to the audience.
Tuesday's programme will present us some spectacular documentaries about the butcher from Vilnius, the fugitives from the Taliban Taliban and the courageous Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Tonight is scheduled for the first Tolerance Talk called Journalism: Truth Behind the Truth. Crisis in journalism will be discussed by Hrvoje Zovko, president of Croatian Journalism Society, Tihomir Ponoš, journalist of Novi list and Hrvoje Krešić, journalist on N1.
How and also why was 'Srbenka', one of the most rewarded Croatian films, created? Everything about the film and its creation will be revealed in today's Masterclass of Tolerance by the author himself, Nebojša Slijepčević at 3 o'clock in SC cinema.
The abundant Festival program was kicked off with the excellent film Werwolf by the Polish director Adrian Panek in the Student Center cinema before a large audience
The exhibition called 'They Fill No Space' showcasing reproductions of Polish murals will be presented in Zagreb during the period 6 – 17 April
Instead of the announced cinema Europa, the Festival’s opening ceremony and most of the main program will be held in the Zagreb Student Center. The program comprises more than 70 films and educational programs, exhibitions, discussion forums, concerts...
Instead of the cinema Europa, the opening ceremony of the Festival of Tolerance – JFF Zagreb will be held in the cinema Studentski centar, on Sunday, 7 April, at 7:00 pm
More than 70 brilliant films, rich educational programme, discussions, round tables, presentation of books and two concerts – the abundant programme is waiting for you from April 7th until April 13th at Student Center, Kinoteka and Tuskanac.
The opening ceremony will take place on April 6th on the plateau in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art (Avenija Dubrovnik 17, Zagreb) at 6 PM.
As part of the Festival of Tolerance, the exhibition Oni / They opened in Zagreb. On four squares, the portraits of four refugees shot by eminent Croatian photographers are shown.
From 1 April to 15 April, pop-up installations will be set up on four squares of the City of Zagreb (Ban Jelačić Square, Preradović Square, Square of the Republic of Croatia and the King Tomislav Square), showing portraits of four refugees from Syria, Iraq and Iran, who are currently living in Croatia.
More than 70 brilliant films, traditional Educational Mornings, two exhibitions, discussions, round tables, presentation of books and two concerts – the abundant programme is waiting for you from April 7th until April 13th at cinemas SC, Kinoteka and Tuskanac and public spaces in the city of Zagreb.
On Tuesday, 26 March, find out everything about the Festival’s film program, special guests, intriguing exhibitions, concerts, educational mornings, round table discussions and debates on socially engaged topics.
The 13th iteration of the Festival of Tolerance - JFF Zagreb, with more than 60 award-winning films, well-known directors and actors and a rich accompanying entertainment and educational program, also brings numerous novelties. One of them is the Masterclass of Tolerance.
The Austrian biographical film titled “Angelo” is one of the highlights of this year's programme. The film is based on the life story of an African slave who was baptised and educated at the Vienna court only to become a black mascot of the aristocracy later on.
In collaboration with POLIN – the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, reproductions of murals found all over Poland which speak about the past of the Polish Jews, will be shown in the streets of Zagreb.
Photographic portraits of four refugees living in Croatia and an exhibition on murals reviving memories of Polish Jews In the public be set up in the public space of Zagreb.
As part of the Tolerance Talk program, this year’s discussion topics will range from the issue of the so-called gay conversion therapy, community activism, issues of Europe and racism, human rights, the migrant crisis to how the Holocaust changed the world and child sexual abuse by members of the clergy.
By introducing the medium of film as an educational platform and by selecting feature and documentary films of high artistic and educational value every year, the Festival offers young people the opportunity to expand their knowledge of the Holocaust and to participate in a discussion platform, in a way that is understandable and familiar to them.
More than 60 award-winning films, famous film directors, actors and actresses, exhibitions, promotions, interactive educational and attractive musical programmes will be presented to you at one of the best-known Zagreb festivals co-founded by the Academy Award winner Branko Lustig
More than 60 award-winning films, famous film directors, actors and actresses, exhibitions, promotions, interactive educational and attractive musical programmes will be presented to you at one of the best-known Zagreb festivals co-founded by the Academy Award winner Branko Lustig
Festival of Tolerance – JFF Zagreb in partnership with UNHCR Croatia spent the autumn traveling all across Croatia, showing films and discussing about them with students in Karlovac, Poreč, Slavonski Brod and Split.
The program Film and Discussion brings the movie "Silent Child" to pupils of elementary schools in Zagreb! Today, at 12 o'clock, students have seen the movie at Kinoteka Cinema, which portrays a story about a girl and her family.
We visited Rijeka with our programme Film and Discussion and held a screening of the film "My Dreams, My Rights" which was followed by a lively discussion.
We are continuing with the programme Film and Discussion, againt in front of crowded schools! How did our last visit to Knin and Zadar go, find out in our latest follow-up!
The last day of the Festival was marked by many film projections, of which the "Thank you for Rain" was especially highlighted, followed by Tolerance talk "The Drops of Life". Afterwards there was a closing party at Melin Cafe...
Friday 13th at the 12th Festival of Tolerance brought abundance of events. The Austrian cultural forum at the Kontesa Club presented a promising but also already experienced Viennese jazz band Month of Sundays, while the whole day was marked by the projection of the film "The Sunset...
In the lecture cycle “The Education Morning”, through the life experience of survivors, young people are provided with a personal experience of the holocaust horrors to learn more from this tragic episode of world history about accepting diversity and approaching every man as a respect worthy...
We are proud of another festival location! For many Zagreb citizens Kinoteka cinema represents their first encounter with the world of films, it is impossible to delete its weekend matinees from childhood memories.
Second day of the Festival of Tolerance started by a lecture of an extraordinary Angelice Dass about her photographic project Humanae, promoting activist moments of advocating equality and tolerance through art.
The opening of the 12th Festival of Tolerance took place in a festive tone. This year, instead of addressing the guests, there was a minute of silence as a collective honoring the holocaust victims as well as all the victims of totalitarian regimes, for which the Festival is founded.
Numerous festival events are impossible to follow all at once, so video chronicles bring the best of each festival day. Look at the first announcement chronicle from the press conference at the Sheraton hotel highlighting the most important guests and events and follow us in the upcoming days...
As a small pre-opening of this year's Festival of Tolerance, since today it is possible to enjoy in the exhibition by Angélica Dass and her project Humanae - a collection of portrait photographs of people who reveal the true beauty of human colours.
Major Dodge Major Dodge will be a guest at the Festival of Tolerance as a producer of a documentary film “Bomb City”. The film based on a true story depicts one of the most controversial hate crimes in contemporary American history and trial questioned faith in the justice of the American...
After the screening of a short film Dear neighbors Deputy of the Ombudsman will address the issue of fight against violence and of discrimination in our society.
Nika Šaravanja with Alessandro d'Emilia is the director of the "Sunset Quire" documentary, created by the fragments of extinction of David Monacchi's eco-acoustic project, in which we follow the eco-acoustic composer Monacchi in his quest for a pure continuous 3D sound that he...
The film, which had its premiere at the beginning of the year at the Jewish Film Festival in Miami, presents another Holocaust witness, that, just like our Branko Lustig, devoted his life and work to recalling of those who were lost and the crown of his work is the Memorial Holocaust Miami Beach...
Angélica Dass is a Brazilian artist who lives and works in Madrid. She gained the international recognition through her key project Humanae, a collection of portrait photographs of people who reveal the true beauty of human colors, and the Croatian audience has the opportunity to for its...
The Festival of Tolerance is a kind of upgrading of the Jewish Film Festival, as was the title of the Festival for its first 8 years of existence. Social changes, an increase in violence and hate speech, as well as the general alienation of an individual from the collective responsibility for the...
During a press conference The Festival of Tolerance revealed what is expecting us during seven festival days - more than 70 films, two exhibitions, discussions, round tables, book and project presentations, already traditional educational mornings and the Festival market, two concerts and...
FESTIVAL OF TOLERANCE - JFF Zagreb invites all interested fans of film and cultural events, regardless of the years, to become a part of the team that will present to the citizens of Zagreb and their guests the 12th Tolerance Festival.
The International Day of Holocaust Remembrance was marked by the performance of the children's opera "Brundibár" at the Center for tolerance at the site of the old oil plant in Zagreb, with the support of the City of Zagreb and the Italian Institute for Culture.
The International Day of Holocaust Remembrance was marked by the performance of the children's opera "Brundibár" at the Center for tolerance at the site of the old oil plant in Zagreb, with the support of the City of Zagreb and the Italian Institute for Culture.
The opening of the "Requiem for Auschwitz" exhibition by the Roman artist Ceija Stojka has attracted numerous people from political and public life, and the honor of opening opened with the mayor Bandić and the parliamentary representative Veljko Kajtazi who was present inspired by the...
First Brundibar performance was also a general reherseal for the upcoming Holocaust Remembrance Day. Never the less, the auditorium was filled up to the last seat and these pictures by Sanjin Kaštelan illustrate all the emotions and effort invested in its production...
The opening of the "Requiem for Auschwitz" exhibition by the Roman artist Ceija Stojka has attracted numerous people from political and public life, and the honor of opening opened with the mayor Bandić and the parliamentary representative Veljko Kajtazi who was present inspired by the...
First Brundibar performance was also a general reherseal for the upcoming Holocaust Remembrance Day. Never the less, the auditorium was filled up to the last seat and these pictures by Sanjin Kaštelan illustrate all the emotions and effort invested in its production...
For those who want more detailed insight into the libretto of the opera and the team behind this comprehensive project, see our brochure in Croatian and English.
For those who want more detailed insight into the libretto of the opera and the team behind this comprehensive project, see our brochure in Croatian and English.
Photos from the rehearsals give a promise of a spectacle! Little Stars Choral studio lead by prof. Šljivac has done incredible work and raised the production quality to the enviable level! Young voices are brilliant in their roles, and the director Krešimir Dolenčić is making sure that their...
Photos from the rehearsals give a promise of a spectacle! Little Stars Choral studio lead by prof. Šljivac has done incredible work and raised the production quality to the enviable level! Young voices are brilliant in their roles, and the director Krešimir Dolenčić is making sure that their...
Ceija Stojka as a part of the "Requiem for Auschwitz" exhibition will be presented to the local audience with 18 drawings and 17 acrylic paintings. The motives of nature and the literary testimonies of numerous camps where she spent her childhood witness to the horrors we are reminded of...
Ceija Stojka as a part of the "Requiem for Auschwitz" exhibition will be presented to the local audience with 18 drawings and 17 acrylic paintings. The motives of nature and the literary testimonies of numerous camps where she spent her childhood witness to the horrors we are reminded...
In the Culture and Information Center Maksimir, on November 7, at 12:00, begins a new cycle of Film and Discussion (FiD) Festival of Tolerance. The first film to be screened is "My Dreams, My Rights" directed by Aaron Wagner (45 min, USA, UAE, Jordan)...
At the Hotel Academia in Zagreb on september 27,2017 a solemn assembly was held on the occasion for the 10th anniversary of the implementation of the Europe for citizens program in Croatia. The conference was organised by the Office for Governmental Organizations of the Government of the Republic...
Join us in supporting millions of refugees, in showing the power of solidarity, in helping ourselves, others and society to create a better tomorrow. UNHCR is, with your help, inviting governments around the world to provide every refugee family with a safe place to live...
On 6 June, the association organized in Rijeka its last educational program for young people during the school year 2016/2017. This is a program of Film and Discussion, which is being carried out with the aim of turning the attention of the young and sensitized to the existence and forms of...
A three day art event, from 26th until 28th of May introduces world-renowned street artists as a part of the 11th edition of Festival of Tolerance. Meeting of Styles project is bringing to Zagreb well known artists who will, alongside Croatian artists such as Chez186, Bare and Lunar...
On May 3rd 2016, Branko Lustig held a lecture before 200 cadets of the Police Academy. He conveyed his experience of the death camps to gathered cadets, giving them a unique insight, through the eyes and memories of a Holocaust survivor, of the horrors of the Nazi regime.
Jewish Film Festival Zagreb Association in opening an essay competition on the Holocaust and/or tolerance for schools that participate in the Educational Mornings program in the school year 2016/2017. The goal of the competition is to make Educational Morning more then just a one time experience...
Since 2007, the Festival of Tolerance – JFF Zagreb screens high-quality accomplishments from all around the world in the categories of feature, documentary, short and animated film, which are dedicated to the Holocaust and promotion of tolerance.
As discusions are a vital part of the Festival of Tolerance, Thursday also had its share of them: "All the colors of love" and "Ecology/migration/chaos and conflict" which were inspired by the films screened before them.
Based on the acclaimed book Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, Denial recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s (Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. The film is scheduled for today at 7.
Dr. Boris Braun at the age of 97 vividly remembers his early twenties. Back then he was a student of agronomy from a rich family of Jews in Đurđevac. Together with their parents he was taken to Savska and then to Auschwitz, only to see the end of war in Buchenwald.
The year 2016 marks the 500th anniversary of world's first ghetto: the Ghetto of Venice. Imaginative docu-fiction techniques bring alive the paradoxical wonders of Europe’s oldest Jewish ghetto and its integration into Italian society, in this edifying and heart-warming film.
In I Am Not Your Negro, entirely narrated with the words of James Baldwin, via his personal appearances and the text of his final and unfinished book project, the award-winning director Raoul Peck goes back to the tragic deaths of Malcolm X...
A discussion under the title "Cultural Heritage as National Identity" will be held after the screening of the documentary titled "The Destruction Of Memory" at Kino Tuškanac at 7 pm. Prof. dr.
This years guest lecturer at Educational Mornings, dr. Daniel Wildman, covered the subject of Nazi the ideal of Aryan Masculinity. Once again the cadets of the police academy and numerous students attended the lecture.
This successful documentary by Jareda P. Scotta titled The Age Of Consequences investigates the impacts of climate change, resource scarcity, migration, and conflict through the lens of US national security and global stability.
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breading Sámi girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930’s and race biology examinations at her boarding school she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
Crisis What Crisis! Two German filmmakers travel to Greece. They want to shoot a film about what is left from the crisis in the country. What crisis can they find after the big pictures are gone? Johanna Bentz and Jonas Römmig in their essay film discover the different faces of the crisis on the...
In order to fulfil one’s biggest dream sometimes we need to unite. A cruel war has taken two brothers’ home. Their mother does not allow them to leave the house because she is afraid that they might get hurt.
Claire Ferguson and Lion Roberts preseted their touching film "Destination Unknown" which talks about empaty and tolerance. Beside the films, to mark the 30 year anniversery of the suicide of Primo Levi, italian chemist and Auschwitz survivor...
Paris is occupied. The Nazi threat is looming over Europe. Two brothers are forced to leave their father and set off into the unknown. Their lives depend on one lie. They cannot admit to anyone who they are. Take a peak in the childhood with another pearl of French cinematography and come to Kino...
The film, sweeping in its global reach, yet intensely intimate, is a tour de force that unifies these scenes into a single work, told without narration, without experts and, for long stretches, without words at all! At a time when religious hatreds dominate the world’s headlines...
With the Syrian conflict now in its sixth year, millions of people continue to be displaced. After Spring is the story of what happens next. By following two refugee families in transition and aid workers fighting to keep the camp running, viewers will experience what it is like to live in Zaatari...
Gabrielle (Marion Cotillard) comes from a small village in the south of France, at a time when her dream of true love is considered scandalous, and even insane. Against her will, Gabrielle’s parents marry her to José (Alex Brendemühl), an honest and loving Spanish farmer who they think will...
Throughout the festival week we educate ourselves, discuss, ponder, watch films but also hang out. Check out what a day at the Festival of Tolerance looks like.
The course of teenage love rarely runs smooth, but this is especially true when you’re secretly gay in an Aussie all-male school in the 1970s and entranced by the captain of the football team:) A pair of star-crossed lovers, Tim and John meet in a high-school production of Romeo and Juliet.
All lovers of urban sound will enjoy this year's top music programme. DJ Kuna, Valami Swing and KIDS N CATS will put everyone in good mood. Zagreb, 11 April 2017 – The music programme of the 11th edition of the Festival of Tolerance started last Saturday at the recently opened Pločnik club...
Multi-award winning film KING JACK deserves a royal treatment and we have no doubts that extra seats will be needed for the evening screening of this Felix Thompson's film at 9.15 PM at Kino Europa! Trapped in a violent feud with a cruel older bully and facing another bout of summer school...
Blending an intimate testimony with deep immersion in the archives, DESTINATION UNKNOWN brings the stories of twelve Holocaust survivors to the screen. The film creates a harmonious mosaic of first-hand accounts, rare archive from the time, and family Super 8 footage from after the war.
One hundred years ago, Peter's grandparents had to flee Ukraine, a country destroyed by wars and masacres. One hundred years after, Entell faces the same destructive nationalism. Like Dew in the Sun transcends cultural, religious and national differences to uncover the deeper bonds that unite...
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Tony Vaccaro, an infantryman from the Second World War By using a $47.00 portable 35mm camera, UNDER FIRE filmed one of the most comprehensive and intimate war records in thousands of images, often developed at night, wearing helmets.
„The Festival of Tolerance is exceptionally important, especially nowadays with the rise of fascism and negation of its consequences. In the past 25 years, events like those that had taken place in Jasenovac are being concealed and put out of sight.
Documentaries and Karl Markovics marked the second day of the festival. Experience the festival atmosphere and learn more about the program in our video chronicle.
Director Johan Grimonprez, based on a globally famous book written by Andrew Feinstein, brings the film titled The Shadow and reveals how international arms trade fuels corruption, defines economic and foreign policies, undermines democracy and creates mass suffering.
This year, the Festival of Tolerance will spread on another location – the recently renovated KIC club! Take part in our ancillary programme and expert lectures because the topics have never been more up-to-date and the environment filled with many round tables has never been better for a...
After Israel won the Six-Day War in 1967, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens built their homes on the occupied territories of the West Bank. Dealing with the pioneers of the settlement movement and diverse groups of contemporary settlers like no other film before The Settlers presents a...
The film programme of the 11th annual Festival of Tolerance is filled with all-day screenings. Do not miss the Croatian documentary film "Jasenovac Memento" by Bogdan Žižić today at 4 p.m. at the Cinema Europa ...
The grand opening of the 11th Festival of Tolerance started with the projection of the excellent remake of "Naked Among Wolves". The festival was traditionally opened by the mayor of Zagreb, Mr. Milan Bandić, quoting the words Branko Lustig spoke to him 7 years ago after returning from...
- Are girls allowed to wear a bikini for their swimming lessons? - Does sex education belong to schools? - Should the theory of evolution be thought in natural science classes? Veniamin is living through a mystical crisis and he is making his mother...
High above the town of Stollberg, close to Chemnitz, there is a castle named Hoheneck – a notorious women's jail in the times of DDR. Prisoners from the entire DDR served their sentences at the castle; criminals together with the so-called «political» or those who stood against the...
The fastest growing Jewish community today is the one in Berlin. Germany is considered as one of the most democratic countries in the world and practically the moral leader of Europe. This development was impossible to imagine in 1945.
Imagine if every lie is to become truth! That is exactly what happens when little Ami learns that her mother needs to go on a business trip. Her mother tells her an innocent lie to calm her while she is away but stirs a series of unexpected events.
Ernst, a motherless child, is a bright boy but also a misfit. Juvenile homes and correctional institutions in which he has lived so far believe that it is «impossible to instruct». Due to his rebellious nature, he is finally sent to a psychiatric ward where he notices that other children are...
A POSSIBLE LIFE is a film about hope, possibilities, women power and the capacity to always start your life anew. Anna and her son Valerio are running away from the man who destroyed their love with his hands. The film talks about the possibility to create a different life and the fact that there...
The exhibition "From generation to generation" by Arik Brauer, which was realized as part of the 11th Festival of tolerance, hosted elementary schools. This prompted a dialogue about Jewish art and religion that is represented on the illustrations made for the New Haggadah.
This year, on April 12th 17:30 in KIC, we will present the Lithuanian cinematography and screen a series of fantastic films made in the second half of the 20th century. After the screening, there will be a lecture organized on the topic.
Exhibition opening of the Austrian artist Arik Brauer is the best overture to the 11th Festival of Tolerance which is held in Zagreb from 8th untill 14th of April Last night at the Museum of Arts and Crafts an exhibition of illustrations "From generation to generation / New Haggadah...
Naked Among Wolves is a film reinterpretation of the novel written by Bruno Apitz in 1958. The plot of the novel became a symbol of the anti-fascist resistance movement in East Germany. A 3-year-old child hidden inside of a suitcase arrives to Buchenwald a few weeks before the liberation of the...
Unrest is a story about a recently married couple that is trying to learn how to live with a chronic desease. In search of answers and tied to her bed in the beginning, Jeniffer embarks on a virtual quest around the globe, meeting four incredible patients from the US...
The 11th Tolerance Festival - JFF Zagreb, the Austrian Cultural Forum Zagreb and the Museum of Arts and Crafts have the honor to invite you to the opening of the exhibition FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION / NEW HAGGADAH BY ARIK BRAUER which will be held on April 3...
Today, in a beautiful setting of Sheraton Hotel a press conference was held to present the program of the 11th Festival of Tolerance, which will be held in Europe Cinema, Tuškanac Cinema and Cultural and Informational Centre in Zagreb.
The exhibition "One Good Day" by a young American artist with the Viennese address Andrewa Mezvinsky was closed on Monday, February 6th. Recall, Andrew Mezvinsky, inspired by the autobiographical testimony of Italian writer Prima Levi, on the survival of Auschwitz...
On January 27., in French Pavilion in Zagreb, the place where people were taken to detention camps and death, on the day of the United Nations General Assembly 2005 proclaiming the official day appealing to all members of the United Nations to respect the memory of Holocaust victims...
Tomorrow is marking the International Holocaust Remebrance Day. Andrew M. Mezvinksy's exibition is reminder of the most sacred chapter in human history. More frightening than any camp and suffering would be to talk about the horrors of that time rermain untold-the conclusion of today's...
The testimonials of direct witnesses can hardly be replaced, but it is vital to recognise and support attempts to preserve the memories through artistic creation, especially among a younger generation of artists.
The testimonials of direct witnesses can hardly be replaced, but it is vital to recognise and support attempts to preserve the memories through artistic creation, especially among a younger generation of artists.
On Thursday September 15th 2016 we held a concert by Rolin Humes in honor of the premier of their video "Irene". The video is dedicated to Irene Sendler, an exceptionally brave woman whose kindness was virtually unknown until a few years ago.
Festival of Tolerance and the Rolin Humes invite you to remember the life of a woman that save the most lives in World War 2. Irene Sendler served as an inspiration for a song of the same name by the band Rolin Humes, the video of which we will see on Thursday...
On 4th of July the Primary school Frana Krste Frankopana from Brod na Kupi, received the prize for the winning essay on the subject of the Holocaust and/or tolerance, written by their student titled "Promise".
This weekend, in cooperation with the British Council and Little philosophy, a workshop for teachers was held in Zadar. The project is co-financed from the Anna Lindh Foundation.
Zaključen je natječaj za esej o toleranciji i/ili holokaustu u organizaciji udruge Festival suvremenog židovskog filma Zagreb. Riječ je o drugom izdanju natječaja kojim je Udruga izravno pozvala škole koje su sudjelovale na programu Edukacijskih jutara u školskoj godini 2015./2016.
Yesterday was the first day of Festival of Tolerance in Podgorica. We stared the day with an Educational Morning with Branko Lustig which was intended for students of 7th and 8th grade of primary school and high-school students.
Tonight we open the 2nd Festival of Tolerance Montenegro - Podgorica at 6 PM at, KIC "Budo Tomović" (Vaka Đurovića 12, Podgorica). We start with an exhibition "Anti-masonic posters" and continue with excellent movies "Wiener Blut", "We are young.
On Monday April 30th, at noon, after the award winning film "Belle and Sébastien", the two time Oscar winner Branko Lustig will, at his Educational Morning, tell the present his life story, about how he survived the Holocaust and why did he tackle that subject in film.
The first day of the Festival in Podgorica we wrap up with two films that combine reality and animation. First comes a short film B. A true story about a shy and insecure "B" that won a great number of awards worldwide. More about the film at: http://festivaloftolerance.
Vijesti on-line have published an article about our upcoming 2nd Festival of Tolerance Montenegro in Podgorica. In the three days of the festival awaiting you are 11 films, 2 discussions and an exhibition "Anti-Masonic posters". You can read the article here.
The film program of the 2nd Festival of Tolerance Montenegro - Podgorica opens on May 30th with two excellent films. We start with a short Wiener Blut, followed by We are young. We are strong., an award winning film by Burhan Qurbani, based on true events that occured during the xenophobic riots...
On May 31. in Podgorica Mirko Ilić will once again give his excelent lecture "Symbols of Hate" at which he will educate about the presence of neo-Fashist symbols in the public.
A two time Oscar winner Branko Lustig will speak at Educational Morning in Podgorica, on May 30. where he will share with the students his experience from the concentration camps.
Thanks to Mr. Mirko Ilić, in Podgorica you will be able to see an exhibition of Anti-masonic posters from the 1940s.
The 10th Festival of Tolerance Zagreb is over, but that doesnt mean you cant see what it was like. Take a look at the interesting events and messages from the guests of this year Festival of Tolerance.
On May 30th 2016 Festival of Tolerance will come to Podgorica. During the festival we will screen 11 films, 2 discussions and 2 Educational Mornings, and we will have an exhibition "Anti-Masonic posters".
In Podgorica, the 2nd Festival of Tolerance, with its rich program, will be held from 30th of May till 1th of June. The admittance to all screenings is free. We have prepared 11 movies on the subject of Holocaust and tolerance.
Jewish film festival Zagreb Association in opening an essay competion on the Holocaust and/or tolerance for schools that participate in the Educational Mornings program in the school year 2015/2016. The goal of the competition is to make educational Morning more then just a one time experience for...
The Hungarian institute in Zagreb is organizing a screening of the Academy award winning film, from the director LÁSZLÓA NEMESA, "The Son of Saul". The film is in Hungarian, with Croatian and English subtitles. The entrance is free. No reservation.
Remember the most exciting moments of previous years and take a look at the interesting events and messages from the guests of this year Festival of Tolerance.
Some more photos from the Festival.
Take a look at our photo gallery where we put (some of) the pictures our hard working photographers took.
A round table "The young - our strength, how the young develop intercultural dialogue" will be held on Friday April 15th at Tuškanac cinema, starting at 2PM. The round table moderator is Mr. Zoran Pribičević, and speakers are prof.
On April 13th, in the company of the director Svetozar Ristovski, executive producer Kornelija Ristovska, co-producer Igor Nola, actors Vedran Živolić and Goran Navojec, and numerous stars of Croatian acting scene, a premier of feature film Lazar was held.
We would like to share a few photos from the lecture "Symbols of hate" by Mirko Ilić that we had as part of the 10th Festival of Tolerance.
The guest of honor of the 10th Festival of Tolerance - JFF Zagreb - Michael Verhoeven - is not only one of the most famous German directors, but directors in general. On this years Festival of Tolerance he will present his movie "Let's go", which will screen on Thursday, April 14th...
Tonight, on April 13th, starting at 7:15 PM, come and watch excellent documentary The Long Way Home, which deals with the topic of international adoption of children in Bulgaria. After the movie we are glad to invite you to an interesting discussion, related to the issue of the documentary...
Today, on April 13th, as part of the 10th Festival of Tolerance - JFF Zagreb we will have a Croatian premier of the feature film Lazar, directed by Svetozar Ristovski, starting at 9 PM. The film Lazar tells a story of a young man who was forced to grow up quickly after his father left their family.
Today we have several excellent documentaries on our program: -in the documentary "Girl in the River. Price of Forgives" we will face the problem of honor killing women. -"Racing Extinction" takes a unique approach to the subject of endangerment of animal world and serves as a...
We invite you to join the open discussions organized as a part of Festival, regarding the subjects of chosen film and documentary screening. The discussions are imagined as a public platform for exchanging opinions, questions and answers, agreements and disagreements.
Today at 19:00 in cinema Europe enjoy the feature film "Kapo in Jeruzalem", and the best way to invite you is from the director himself: Uri Barbash.
Together with the mayor Milan Bandić and academy award winner Florian Gallenberger we opened the 10th Festival of Tolerance with the movie Colonia. We invite you to the numerous screenings in the cinemas Europa and Tuškanac until April 15th.
Yesterday, on April 5th, as an introduction to the 10th Festival of Tolerance Zagreb, the exhibition "From Afar" by the Italian photographer Alessandro Penso, dedicated to the migrant crisis was opened. It was opened by the Mayor of Zagreb Mr.
Due to great interest and number of applicants the lecture by Mr. Branko Lustig: Testimony of a Survivor has been filled and we are no longer taking registrations. But don’t despair because we still have free places for the excellent lectures by Mr. Mirko Ilić: Symbols of Hate and Mr.
THE 10th FESTIVAL OF TOLERANCE – JFF ZAGREB AND THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE IN ZAGREB are pleased to invite you to the lecture : Luigi Dei, PhD, a professor of physical chemistry and rector at the University of Florence, will give a lecture on the unbreakable bond between chemistry and...
On March 31st a press conference was held in regards to the 10th Festival of Tolerance - JFF Zagreb that will be held from 9th to 15th of April 2016 in cinemas Europa and Tuškanac. On the occasion the president of the festival Mr.
10th Anniversary Festival of Tolerance, JFF Zagreb The 10th jubilee Festival will be held at the "Europa" and "Tuškanac" cinemas from 9th to 15th of April 2016. Expect a film program that consists of over 60 films that have been screened at international film festivals and...
With regards to our Educational morning in Zadar, Zadarski list did an interview with Branko Lustig. More at: http://www.zadarskilist.hr/clanci/18032016/lustig-moja-je-misija-pricati-o-holokaustu-i-promicati-toleranciju
Branko Lustig will share his account of surviving the Holocaust with the students in Knin on 17th of March at 2PM in the Elementary School "Domovinske zahvalnosti" "Domovinske zahvalnosti", and on 18th of March with students of Zadar at the Puppet Theater at noon.
Lets look at a few pictures from the first Festival of Tolerance.
As part of FOT Ljubljana, with his exhibition "Power and powerless", we introduce the renowned Japanese artist Seiji Kimoto, whom we had the honor of hosting in Zagreb, in 2012, at the 6th Festival of Tolerance - JFF Zagreb.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth even more. https://youtu.be/Y04e1s8xCe8
The pupils of Elementary school Glina have attended a workshop at the "Drawing against Oblivion" exhibition
Dear friends. Welcome to the opening ... The message of this exhibition isn’t just to remember but to commit to memory that the perished were individuals. Each child had a name and family name. Each child then became a number, and each child ended up in a crematorium.
Dear friends. Welcome to the opening ... The message of this exhibition isn’t just to remember but to commit to memory that the perished were individuals. Each child had a name and family name. Each child then became a number, and each child ended up in a crematorium.
Manfred Bockelmann, Branko Lustig and Festival of Tolerance -JFF would like to thank the press for attending the press conference held this morning at the French Pavillion.
Manfred Bockelmann, Branko Lustig and Festival of Tolerance - JFF thank the journalists from various press agencies which attended todays press conference in the French pavilion.
With the screening of "Exit" and a unique lecture "Liberal Judaism and LGBT" by Rabbi Nehama Benmosche on January 21 the second Festival of Tolerance in Ljubljana was completed. Besides the rich film program, visitors Mini Teatree in Ljubljana had the opportunity to participate...
In the company of respected members from both political and art worlds of Slovenia, the 2nd Festival of Tolerance Ljubljana, under the patronship of the president of Slovenia, has opened on January 17th 2016. During the festival week, till January 21st 2016...
In the company of respected members from both political and art worlds of Slovenia, the 2nd Festival of Tolerance Ljubljana, under the patronship of the president of Slovenia, has opened on January 17th 2016. During the festival week, till January 21st 2016...
Aloni's movies have been presented on various leading film festivals and universities, among them the Berlin International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival, the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema and the...
As part of the Second Festival of Tolerance Ljubljana, on January 20th at 21:00, at the Mini-Teater you will be able to enjoy the premiere of Son of Saul. Free tickets are waiting for the fastest few who can pick them up between 10 and 12 as well 16 and 18 hours...
In Ljubljana, the 2nd Festival of Tolerance, with its rich program, will be held from 17th to 21st of January in Mini teater, Križevniška 1. The admittance to all screenings is free. We have prepared 22 movies on the subject of Holocaust and tolerance.
